Sam HurdAge: 28Resides: Washington, D.C.Years in Business: 4www.samhurdphotography.com“I’m inspired solely by the environment I’m in and the people I’m with,” says Sam Hurd, whose bridalimages, with subjects often composed in creative spatialarrangements with their surroundings, echo this sentiment.

Hurd, who studied computer science in college and
has played in the band Prisms for the last eight years,
first fell into his photography career when he applied for
(and landed) a job opening he saw on Craigslist for a
photographer at the National Press Club. After six years of
shooting press conferences, he quit his job to pursue the
wedding photography business he had been cultivating
on the side. Hurd, who photographs weddings digitally,
says his style is ultimately a reflection of his clients: “If I’m
photographing clients that are more traditional and classic
I tend to photograph their wedding in that vain. Likewise,
if I get clients that are more creative and fine art, then I
photograph them that way. This keeps my work fluid and
diverse,” he says. “I would shoot a wedding every day of the
year if I physically could.” —LC
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